zoo

See also Zoo, zoo-, zoö-, -zoo, and Appendix:Variations of "zu"

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Shortened form of zoological garden, and now the usual form. See zoology.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zuː/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

zoo (plural zoos)

1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
2. (figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

   The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.

Derived terms

• like feeding time at the zoo
• morning zoo
• particle zoo
• petting zoo
• zoo format

Related terms

• zoo-
• zoologist
• zoology

Translations

park where live animals are exhibited

• Afrikaans: dieretuin (af)
• Arabic: حديقة الحيوانات (ar) (ħadīeqat al-ħayawanāt) f

  Egyptian Arabic: جنينة الحيوانات (genenet el ħayawanat) f

• Armenian: (formal) կենդանաբանական այգի (hy) (kendanabanakan aygi), (informal) գազանանոց (hy) (gazananoc’)
• Belarusian: заапарк (be) (zaapárk) m
• Bulgarian: зоопарк (bg) (zoopárk) m, зоологическа градина (bg) (zoologičeska gradina)
• Catalan: zoològic (ca) m
• Central Melanau: zoo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 動物園 (dung6 mat6 jyun4)

  Mandarin: 動物園 (cmn), 动物园 (cmn) (dòngwùyuán)

• Czech: zoo (cs) f
• Danish: zoo (da) c, zoologisk have (da) c
• Dutch: dierentuin (nl), zoo (nl)
• Esperanto: zoo (eo)
• Estonian: loomaaed (et)
• Finnish: eläintarha (fi)
• French: zoo (fr) m
• Georgian: ზოოპარკი (ka) (zooparki)
• German: Zoo (de) m, Tiergarten (de) m, Tierpark (de) m
• Greek: ζωολογικός κήπος (el) (zoologikós kípos) m
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: állatkert (hu)

• Italian: zoo (it) m
• Japanese: 動物園 (ja) (どうぶつえん, dōbutsuen)
• Korean: 동물원 (ko) (dongmulweon), (動物園 (ko))
• Macedonian: зоолошка градина (mk) (zoolóška grádina) f
• Malay: zoo (ms), kebun binatang (ms), taman haiwan (ms)
• Maltese: żu (mt) m
• Persian: باغ وحش (fa) (bâğ-e vahš)
• Polish: zoo (pl) n, ogród zoologiczny m
• Portuguese: zôo (pt) m, zoológico (pt) m, jardim zoológico (pt) m
• Romanian: zoo (ro) f, parc zoologic (ro) n, grădină zoologică (ro) f, zooparc (ro) n
• Russian: зоопарк (ru) (zoopárk) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зоолошки врт (sh) m, зверињак (sh) m

  Roman: zoološki vrt (sh) m, zverinjak (sh) m

• Slovak: zoologická záhrada (sk) f
• Slovene: živalski vrt (sl) m
• Spanish: zoo (es) m, jardín zoo (es) m, zoológico (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: zoo (sv) n, djurpark (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: జంతుప్రదర్శనశాల (te) (jaMtupradarSanaSaala)
• Turkish: hayvanat bahçesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: зоопарк (uk) (zoopárk) m
• Vietnamese: thảo cầm viên (vi), sở thú (vi)

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Czech

Noun

zoo f

1. zoo

Synonyms

• zoologická zahrada f

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Danish

Etymology

From English zoo

Noun

zoo c (singular definite zooen, plural indefinite zooer)

1. a zoo, zoological garden

Synonyms

• zoologisk have

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje)

1. zoo

Synonyms

• dierentuin, diergaarde

Etymology 2

Adverb

zoo

1. Archaic spelling of zo.

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Esperanto

Etymology

Short for zoologia ĝardeno.

Noun

zoo (plural zooj, accusative singular zoon, accusative plural zoojn)

1. zoo

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French

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Related terms

• zoologique

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdzɔ.o/, X-SAMPA: /"dzO.o/

Noun

zoo m (invariable)

1. zoo

Related terms

• giardino zoologico

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Malay

Etymology

From English zoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zu/
• Rhymes: -zu, -u

Noun

zoo

1. zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)

Synonyms

• kebun binatang
• taman haiwan

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [z̪ɔː]

Noun

zoo n (indeclinable)

1. zoo

Synonyms

• ogród zoologiczny

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /θo/ (Spain)
• IPA: /so/ (Latin America)

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Related terms

• zoológico